Chapter 2: A New World
— It’s been about ten minutes already, — Ethan said.
They searched for Ren both in the water and on land, but they couldn’t find him. They kept looking for hours. And finally, on the other shore, they saw a body.
— Ren! — one of the boys shouted.
They all ran towards him. Ren was unconscious, but he was still breathing. They called an ambulance and rushed him to the hospital. There, the doctors said that Ren had fallen into a coma.
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— What is this noise? — Ren said, opening his eyes.
He didn’t understand where he was. It didn’t look like his home or a hospital. As he glanced around, he felt a strange weakness in his body, as if he couldn’t control it.
Suddenly, a man and a woman entered the room, followed by someone else whose face he couldn’t see.
Then the woman approached him and said:
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— Darling, look! He opened his eyes!
— Yes, my love, I see. Our future heir of the Van de Eisenbach family.
— Congratulations, Your Grace, Duke and Duchess! — said an elderly man.
Ren lay there, unable to comprehend what was happening. He tried to speak, but no words came out.
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A month had passed.
Ren finally understood what was going on and who the people around him were. He had been reborn as the son of Duke Raphael Van de Eisenbach, becoming his only heir.
He had no idea how or why he ended up here, but he suspected it had something to do with the lake. Still, he didn’t regret being reborn in this world. For the first time, he felt like he truly belonged somewhere.
One day, he attempted to climb out of his cradle, but he suddenly slipped and was about to fall when—he stopped midair.
Ren didn’t understand why he wasn’t falling.
— Leonel! Did you hurt yourself? — said Celestina.
And at that moment, he realized—this wasn’t just any world, not one like his past. It was something entirely different, filled with magical beings, sorcery, and power.
And his new name was Leonel Van de Eisenbach.
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Several years had passed.
— Be careful, my lord, — Leonel’s fencing instructor warned.
— Don’t worry, Master, I actually enjoy this, — Leonel replied.
— Even so, don’t overexert yourself, — a gentle voice called from behind.
— Mother! — Leonel exclaimed.
In his past life, Ren had been twelve years old. He was an orphan who had grown up in an orphanage, where he had befriended Ethan and Stan. But after arriving in this world, he finally experienced parental love, care, and warmth. He worked hard to become someone his new parents would be proud of.
— Mother, I’m already grown up! How is Mira? — Leonel asked.
— Leo, — the Duchess said softly, — you always care for others so much. She’s sleeping right now.
After Ren—now Leonel—was reborn in this world, his younger sister, Mira, was born a few years later.
Though she was his little sister, they only shared one common feature—their eyes.
A deep, beautiful shade of blue, like a precious gemstone, marking them as true members of the Van de Eisenbach family.
Leonel had jet-black hair, dark as ink, and pale skin—he was the spitting image of his father.
Mira, on the other hand, resembled their mother. She had white hair wit
h strands of black woven through it, a striking contrast to her brother’s.